Don't fall for the fake reviews. Run. - Customer Success Manager (CSM) Deel Employee Review

1.0
25 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The good co-workers are great and the benefits are good.

Cons

The positive reviews are fake — likely written by would-be LinkedIn influencers at Deel. The product barely works, and internal processes are broken and/or other departments are overstretched, leading to constant escalations for which you’ll be fully blamed regardless, and expected to work beyond standard hours to resolve. You can be a top performer, but if you get on the wrong side of Head/C-level leadership — which is easy to do — don’t expect any fairness. Senior leadership will do almost anything in pursuit of an IPO: a so-called “world-record hiring event” PR stunt that was misleading, paying clients for testimonials, alleged corporate espionage, and more. If you’re not on board with that, you’ll be told you’re not cut out for the role, and even that you’ll never be successful without Deel. If you’re genuinely curious about what it’s like to work there, ask any former Deel employee how they felt after leaving. Run. Trust me.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great management and nice people in the company.

Cons

no cons really but if I have to say one thing, it would be 401K can be higher to match.

2.0
25 May 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fully remote - Mostly nice and talented people, you can learn a bunch and the atmosphere is good in the beginning - Once you realize you're not ever getting a raise you can get by doing bare minimum - You can write the ceo on slack and he will respond, which is actually insane considering its such a huge company

Cons

- Everyone is underpaid, even the senior directors. They present employee equity as extra compensation, but make it very difficult to sell shares at secondaries. - Raise/promotion policies are set up in a way where most ppl will never get it. I've seen superstar employees get 2% annual raise. The rest got 1%. - Pay is localized, so you can do the same exact job but get pay half of the compensation if you're not based in the US. - It's either employee contract for less money, and you have some employee rights given to you by your country, or more money but you're getting misclassified on a b2b contract and using vaction days when you get sick. The actual work requirements and responsibilities are the same in both cases. - If you're not drinking the koolaid you better fall in line and keep any opinions challenging the status quo to yourself - Manager can get pretty manipulative, they'll say anything to appease you, but will not act in your interest unless it aligns with their internal politics play

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